Salman Khan to sport five different looks in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat

It's now common knowledge that the director-actor combination of Ali Abbas Zafar and Salman Khan results in blockbusters, as Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai have proved.
The two are working together again for Bharat, a remake of the South Korean film, Ode To My Father. The film will b

It's now common knowledge that the director-actor combination of Ali Abbas Zafar and Salman Khan results in blockbusters, as Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai have proved.

The two are working together again for Bharat, a remake of the South Korean film, Ode To My Father. The film will be filmed in Abu Dhabi, Spain, Punjab, Mumbai and Delhi.

According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, several landmark events in India's history will be revisited in the film, which spans six decades. The Partition also features in the film.

"Salman sports four-five looks in the film through 60 years, and one crucial part will focus on his late 20s, in which the 52-year-old actor will look leaner and much younger," a source told Mirror.

Prep and recce has been done for the film.

Zafar had earlier told DNA that Salman's Maine Pyar Kiya look would be recreated for the film. We have just locked the script. The idea is to make Salman look the way he appeared in Maine Pyar Kiya, from the time he began his career to now. But we will know how much we can achieve only after our complete research is done." The film will chronicle Salman's journey from the age of 18 to 70.

In Bharat, Salman will take on a different role, compared to the action-masala he usually does. "It is important to show Salman in a different light as Indian cinema is changing and leaving a mark with every film is important," said Zafar.
Zafar and his team are currently busy with the groundwork for the film, as it involves a lot of age-reduction methods. They are also in talks with the same prosthetics and VFX team of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had previously worked on SRK's Fan.

However, they have to exercise caution with prosthetics, as it aggravates Salman's nerve disorder. "I know Salman doesn't like a lot of prosthetics and make-up, so we will have to design something that doesn't bother him too much because he's the central character. We are figuring out other ways of doing it. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button came a decade ago and during this time, a lot has happened with respect to technology. Many things can be done with VFX. So, we might not need too much prosthetics or make-up," said Zafar.